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This morning Henry Winter wrote this on Twitter, "Wayne Rooney's elbow, FA red tape and the unjust vilification of Mark Clattenburg..." pointing to this article. In the article, written by Henry Winter, we have a sympathetic portrait of Clattenburg - everyone leaps to his defence - he's the victim of a system which won't allow him to correct the error (not sending off Rooney for his elbow). And it's all FIFA and the FA's fault.
He writes:

Clattenburg was subsequently criticised for appearing overly chummy with Rooney, almost trying to ingratiate himself with a famous England international.

Criticised by none other than Henry Winter - less than a week ago he wrote -

Officials appear in awe of stars like Rooney, as seen in Clattenburg’s naively matey huddle with the England attacker. Referees and the authorities now look afraid of upsetting Sir Alex Ferguson.

(I'd point out the stupidity of the Sir Alex bit but that's for a different piece...). In it he also wrote:

The FA simpered on Monday that it could do nothing, that it had to rely on Mark Clattenburg acknowledging his mistake, that “re-refereeing” games is frowned on by Fifa.

Weak. It should have urged an arrogant referee to understand fully the dark ramifications of not owning up to his error. The FA could even have intervened on grounds of “extraordinary circumstances”.

Then in the ridiculously sentimental way Henry Winter loves so much he goes on:

The FA should be ensuring justice is done, that mistakes can be rectified. Nobody is advocating that results be changed, simply that catching culprits is important whether the match is on-going or concluded. Inconsistency riddles FA thoughts.

It pours money into a glossy Respect campaign and then sits idly by as one high-profile footballer elbows a lesser one.

Those right-minded souls seeking to instil healthy sporting habits into impressionable youngsters have had their tasks further complicated by Clattenburg and the compliant officers of the FA.

“How will I explain this most recent action from their ‘role model’?” one teacher lamented on Monday. “Another accident?”

The violins are out...

He finished that piece -

Rooney and Cole do their peers a disservice. So does Clattenburg with his whistle-blowing brethren.

Clattenburg does other top referees a disservice according to Henry.

Let's throw in another couple of tweets:

Forget Clattenburg. There's a good ref here at the Britannia...Michael Oliver, very young, very promising.

Good thing about ref Oliver is when he makes mistake, Holt/Ibanez, he helps get cards rescinded. Owns up to cock-ups. Unlike Clattenburg

So Henry, who's been unjustly vilifying Clattenburg? Some hypocrite no doubt...